Ever been so hungry you wanted to wolf down the bowl and cutlery along with a delicious meal? Well, now you can because as Japanese inventor has come up with a set of edible crockery with matching chopsticks.
The edible tablewear by Rice Design, which is surely the greenst form of 'disposable' crockery out there, is baked from traditional sailor's hardtack--a simple dough of flour, water, and salt. The bowls and chopsticks are shelf-stable for several months as long as they are kept dry. Just make sure you don't nibble on the chopsticks too much during your meal!
If you're concerned that you and your family are sending gallons of potentially useful water (literally) down the pan, help could be at hand from Hippo the Water Saver; a simple and cheap bit of kit that reduces the amount of water wasted by your loo.
The hippo is made from a squishy plastic composite that opens up "origami style" when placed inside the cistern. It absorbs excess water, and When the toilet is flushed, the water confined within the Hippo is the volume saved. The hippo has a lifetime guarantee, and works with most toilets, saving at least 33% of the water we regularly flush away. A pack of 3 Hippos costs just £7.99 from Hippo the Watersaver
Related: Know your water footprint
Following his success with eco-friendly paints, Oliver Heath has just launched a range of stylish, sustainable wallpapers to his collection at EcoCentric.
The four nature-led designs -- rainforest, fossil, eco highway and bittern (pictured) -- use materials sourced from FSC accredited forests in Finland. They are printed with VOC free inks, and all design and manufacture is done locally, here in the UK. Available at Ecocentric, the wallpaper costs £29.99 per roll.
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Let's be honest: nobody uses a soap once it's gone below a certain size, especially when there's a nice packet-fresh new one waiting in the wings to be used. So what do you do with those elderly bars of soap that can sit cracked and yellowing on your sink for weeks?
Here's a great solution that will mean you'll never have to throw away an old bar of soap again. The Soap Bank lets you deposit the old bar into a flexible dispenser, which squishes it up so it comes out pre-lathered into your hands. What a great idea for recycling a product which I'll bet is simply thrown out in most homes. It's made by an innovative Korean design team called DesigNoDoubt [via got2begreen]
If you're well into the hippy lifestyle and don't mind who knows it, Summerware's garden goods will be right up your street.
The 'poppy' vintage watering can pictured here is just one of many unique, recycled and pre-used items that this quirky little shop has to offer. You'll also find milk buckets, mop planters and other household and garden goods, all beautifully hand-painted. £75 at Summerware
There's a long weekend coming up, so you'll have no more excuses not to do those chores: It's time to dust away the cobwebs and get to work on your house, flat, yurt or caravan for your big 2008 spring clean! To help you make this your greenest spring clean yet, we've rounded up some of the best eco-friendly cleaning products and asked consumers what they thought of them.
Follow the jump for our roundup of green cleaning products...
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The Victorians used these glass cloche bell jars to grow their veg, and now you can rediscover this lost art for yourself with these beautiful new jars from Hen & Hammock made out of 100% recycled sand.
The jars work like mini greenhouses, which is ideal for anyone with limited space who fancies the idea of having their own organic vegetable patch in the garden. It's also a great (and totally humane!) way to ward off squirrels, whose constant rummaging can be a menace to young plants and flowers. £50 at Hen & Hammock
Ever been so hungry you wanted to wolf down the bowl and cutlery along with a delicious meal? Well, now you can because as Japanese inventor has come up with a set of edible crockery with matching chopsticks.
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